jaiui VCL.XIII y B SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher CONCORD, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1914 40 Cents a Month i Cents a Copy. NO, 496. , "I ". .. ' ako deliver chxpala oakrx- v BOX TO TEB REBELS. ' ,"' " TtT Killed Their Colonel Before JMat Bo. roreifu inistr Bays Thai Vtrraia Wu a Kexicaa Clti- : i.aa4 ftt UnlUd ;8UUa" Hm . VotU&c to" 4o With tia Case. VSI'i ' Attc la Torraon to 214 ' fcf th liyeatiiatteu af Betrtea's Daati Bantoa'a Body .'Was Hot Embalmed Before BarUt ;; 'V ', Mexico City", Feb. 23.-Tha Mcxi can foreign minister asserted today that Clementi Vergara, who was kill ed at Nuevo Laredo; was a Mexican otisea and declared thai, th United 6tates was not justified ia demanding that Huerta avenge his death. - Senor Rojas, the new foreign minister, said that the government will do its bent to protect the lives and property of non-combatants and will punish mur derers, but-denied that, the United States ia concerned - with - Vegra's death, r.':'V' a ?."'""'. "''"-" A hundred federals of tbe Cbipala garrison mutined today, killing the colonel of their regime! 'and deliv ering the town to the constitutional ists, v-;J--y--iJ--- - Chihuahua City, Mex., i Feb. td,--Vtlla 'a attack on Torreon was held up by the investigation ; of .' Benton's death. Villa expressed great disap pointment at the failure of American Special Agent Carotber and British Consul Pereival to eome bare and in vestigate' the Benton matter.- If the investigation ia delayed much longer it is feared thai it will reveal nothing, as the body was not embalmed before burial, and decomposition ' will be rapid. - family was botned to - .. - death in new hanover . Woman, Ear TwoSous and Grandson Cremated Whea Honu Burned Dorlof tte Night. Yy'is- I Wilmington!; FeK 27J-rWhifii" mileep ia their country shack' neat Castle llaynea, a few miles north of Wil mington, Maggie Harold, ber two sons and a grandson were burned to death Wednesday night with no one nearby to know, of their tragie fate. It was not until II o clock yesterday morn ing, when Josh Moore, a negro, bap : nened to tass alona- the road leading by. the place, that the outside world learned of their sad end, Coroner: brings together the producixur na Jobn J, Fowler, of this city, wsb not i- tions of Europe and America and the fled and made an investigation. He j future world markets of Asia, South found that most likely the roof of ; America' and the" islands of tbe seas, the home caught from a defective fluej . 10. Unlike any other exposition it and that they were probably burned. does not complete an era. of - com without ever awakening from their meree, civilization and history, but it slumbers.. He deemed an inquest an- inaugurates tbe age of the Panama necessary'. - The three persona beside; Canal and the Pacific Ocean, the lost ths" woman were all boys. The bodies greatest and most important era of were burned almost to a crisp. PhUadelpbians Use - Flfty-Year-Old " 'v..--i;--Srs---'.';V;':'.;i'.;,---'l Pbiladelphia, Feb. 27. Eggs which j are possibly 50 years old are coming! .daily into Philadelphia homes. .Some! of the eggs came from as far as 17,- i 000 miles awsy. They come from .all corners of Europe and Asia; from China, Japan and Korea,- Australia, - Germany, Russia, Sibera. They 'get ' into the homes in the shape of bakers' products biseuits, pies, .?cakes an . the like. '.-.-' v-""'"; - For four years this has been (ping on, but only sinca last ;,Qtobef, . when the duty on them was removed, . -he ve the shipments . been unusually heavy. - During alii that " time the knowledee - of the - condition' was : practically confined to the tteji who bought eggs and nsed them in their business. A year ago the Food Com- - aissioners of the state had an ex amination made but nothing else has been done. ' - . - v ' - . XT":tary School Win Bs EsUblished . .i"-';.: at Banahnry. -. .! - f ..lisbury, Feb. 27. A $100,000 pie a in the way of grounds, and bn 'i""s for a military school is in '- si -t fur for Salisbury. - . . A rnontinor of interested citisens w 1 'i Ihursday nifrht and over in cash raised, f 5,000 more ', and when the $35,000 are I '.-iends of tbe new educational (ion will !,.nata fl0,CG0 more, (c 3 ai..:-i mi-' f C t ! J. .T it'. inftl tbronn 14 for '. .7 C r ' i'i '""h rrove i. 1 T t.l r e s,t ! U r t. h s if - EXPOSITION DATA. lateresUnj Information an the Pan-aaa-FaciiLe Exposition Olraa By Bar. 3. A. B. Try. : . Ber. J. A. B. Fry, who was recent ly a viitor to Concord from Berkeley, CsL, gives a most interesting account of the spproaehing Panama-Pacifle International Exposition. Mr. Fry gives tea examples of "how the ex position is different ',' and other inter esting information on the subject: . 1. It is the first exposition which celebrates a . really international event which does not alone effect one nation, but revolutionises the geogra phy of the world, the trade routes of sll nations and transfers the center of history from the Atlantic to the Pacific, bene this l the firsh genu ine International Exposition. " "Z.lt 1s the first one to be held on the shore where the exhibits of all lands tail be unloaded from the home ships atihe doors' of the palaces and installed by cars that ran right from tpe vessels into the buildings. 3. It is not a monument to the dead but ' celebrates a living achievement of the age we live in, tba wedding of seas and the uniting of nations in the Panama Canal. - -'""" ' -; i. It will be an exhibition of pro cesses not products. Every machine will be in motion . performing its task; boys and girls of all parts of the world will illustrate education and not archives of copy books. - 5. 'It will not be a museum but a university, a laboratory of contempor ary civilization for only the products in machinery, industry of art or the last ten years 'will receive . any awards. The City of Dreams will house the- panorama of the living present. , '' ", ; " ."- 6. It will be a city, hot a park. 625 acrea of rare -foliage set in an amphitheater of city hills and. for- Aa 1,im.A Km lTflAAA fin. .Mil -, " . arched by Italian skies in wWch set f-. -. n.u.Jru-MmA '"" R.WMn- . that they seem like one mighty pal ace of civilization, greater than man has ever yet builded, while toward the sunrise,' stretches a city of pleasure,' alone costing twelve millions, and in the right toward the sunset, lie the famous avenues - of commonwealths'. and tne marvelous palaces or -na- tions, twenty-seven of which are al ready planned. . ''..ifi-iu'.' 7. It will be a eitv of color, eolden domes, red tiled roofs, green copper minarets wilt blend with- blue of sky and sea, and meeting of violets, in spring, roses in summer and the chrysanthemums in the : autumn to to make a city beautiful ful. t v - 8. It-will cost when "completed ill1?, " wireicss. ; ; -,-. . mueh as the disbursements of all the ' other large American expositions put tgrthetf;T:':,"''t'-'v 9. It is the first exposition which history. . CONFRENCS AT SALISBURY. Problams of Religion and Education - '.;.-' " to b Dlacnased. - - -s Salisbury, Feb. 27. Everything is in readiness for the opening- of a mucb-talked-of religious educational conference- Saturday at -, the " court house in alisbnry, to be conducted by Prof. M. AJIonline, of New Yorlt m r . t t . - vr v ,. City. . The conference is open to the public and will continue until Mon day night, March 2. Factors in mod ern" civilisation, the young man prob lem,, teacher training,, - social prob lems and kindred subjects . will be discussed in an expert manner. Be sides Professor Honline, who ia wide- ly known, local ministers andChist-.St, ian Worsen . wiu lane, part in na- program. J ' ( i -..i , t r Serious Injury to Albemarle Lady. . Albemarle, Feb. 37.--Miss Pauline Wbuiey was seriously ourneo inisiform movement bearun here some morning at ber borne on North street. m0ntba ago, at which time it was es While standing too close to the fir timated there were about 350 dicor- her dress caught and the flame was maaing eonsmeraDie neaaway wuen Blie discovered tnai oer cioiuing wm burning. Her dress wss nesrly burn ed off before the flames could be ex tinguished.; Medical aid was sum moned at once and Miss - - Whitley was found to be very badly burned, but not necessarily fatally.. - " AReged Kurderer of Lyerly (Under i:'''"-V ".'''' Arrest r;.-:'.;'1'.;:'-'' , Raleigh, Feb. - 27. Charged with bt ing an Accomplice of an unknown to, bfcUeved to ,have murdered , ; 'on I ? oi !y, and then 'fired the r I n',: v in wheih his body was l stPnrber'i Junction Tues 7i ,1 fe Tailcy, negro, was 1 re t n'ht. The authori , i ' V y I ve reasons to believe a La committed the r. m. W, t t . WKT KOT A BABT SE0W1 A 'Conversation. Thai- Kerults tn a QuasUom That Has Merit And Is Worth While. Aa animated eonrersation took place in a corner drng atore yester day afternoon. . The principals were crossing swords in a vigorous fash ion that attracted attention. Dropping in to see what the subject was here is what was found: ' Two well known young men. both newlyweds, were backed against the cigsr counter arguing in the manner that would make the average politi cal (alkfest a tame' affair as to which had the finest baby. Weight, beighth, vocabulary and everything down to baby ship's cooing prophecies were talked Over, disputed and discussed. A listener wss appealed to to de cide the matter. Kay, nay, said he. The position was too delicate. It called for a diplomat a diplomat of calibre to settle the Mexican question might do bat .certainly one of no smaller" ealibre need apply, The lis tener entertained a Jiiph regard for both young men. ' He did not desire to arouse the eternal enmity of either of the proud, young fathers or ran the risk of enraging jn a personal (encounter. - So he susirested bavins a baby show to decide tbe matter. v"Why not!" said the young men. ."IH enter mine," said one. , "So will I," said the other. " So why not a baby show f Concord baa the most wonderful youngest in tbe land. Why not arrange a show T It would be worth while, ' OPERATOR TAKES BLAME. Wireless Man on Nantucket -Did Not Report Monroe's. Cans.;--'Was i Reading' NoveJ ;i 'L--"- Philadelphia,- Feb. 27. - Adolph Uoehler, wireless-man.' on- the; ilan- . " ... . . :t. . . .,; . Monroe on the morning- - of January auary . 30, eausing the loss of 41 lives, testi- i,i8 danghtenhi-law; and hv Dr. Sol fled today that on Uie mornbg of the;c: Dickey, of WinonV "frfnie, and Dr. accident he had heard tha Monroe ; William Soupcr, arrived in Atlanta and hcij sister ship, the Hamilton, of todnv for the sixteenth Atlanta Bible the. Cld .Dominion Line,, exchansjin Conference, which is an Intcrdenomi wireless signals and said had he been 'national affair, and-which will tain? alert and cauelit these sitmals the! 'catastrophe might have been -avoided- .1 be testimony was given at the i . The conference begins tomorrow af trial Of Capt, Osmyn Berry, who is.ternoon, and will be held at the Tab- charged with negligence in causing the accident,, but the probe is more fat; reaabjug, and for the purpose of mak ing travel at sea safer by promulsat ing additional laws to govern ocean travel. As a result of the testimony of Doehler, the naval laws probably will be changed, especially those per- n wss reaaing a novei ne!Lne heard e iSMbanse between monroe ana me .xiamiuon ana uiu uuk put " mo. uu , , enough to jot down the "positions of the vessels. He explained that under the rules of the Marconi Company he was not required to report every mes sage he heard to the captain of the Nantucket. ' ' - - Have You Made Your Return. - public. ..The tabernacle -auditorium fi; Washington, " Feb. 28. Todaywas has a seating capacity of - between the last day for filing returns under ,4,500 and 6,000 and it is expected the new federal income tax law. that the distinguished visitors will those persons who are taxable under ( speak to record audiences at ; every the law and who have failed to make, meeting. a report of their income for the nine months ending January 1, last become Training Conference, United Mission liable under the law for an amount; ary Campaign., . . .. double their tax and at the same time '-- Arrangements are about completed are subject' to a heavy fine." It will be'optional with the collectors, how- ,cver "? gnn " wuemnoB i .iew .weeKS' time to persons wno oner sat- ictiMAn, nmnr thnr thuo v-ovvt nra. Vented from making returns by. rea- sou of sickness for failure to make, the returns. -' - .. " .- Red Rights No Longer to Shine in St. t'.'Jc,. Lottia. : . ,. r'-'-'-'-viv-J'-: SW Louis, Mo.. Feb. 28. The lasl Jvestige of so-called licensed vice in Louis disappears at midnight to uigui, wun-n is me iuuo iiuiiii ujwu ay 1 the authorities for tbe closing or.au ine remaining -oisoraeriy nouses m he segregated' district. " The order to close marked the climax of a re- ' derly resorts mnning more or less openly in St. Louis. Woman Sentenced to Gallows is Par- doned. . Reading. Pa,. Fbb. 27. Mrs. Kate Edwards, who has been-in the shadow of the gallows nearly thirteen years for the killtntf of her husband, .was released from the Berks county jail today under a pardon by Uovernor Tener. - 'r.'-;';f V- -:v W-'.:. -'-;V She was secretly taken from the city to bv;in life over again. .Four governors had declined to fix a day for the execution since ' her . convic tion. ' " -: Severe Earttaudr. Today! - . : Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 29. Severe earthquake tremors with maximum shocks between 11:19 and lr:29 p. m. were Bhown on Stignntius University ni7mopraph today. ProfesRors ' be ' v 1 the quakes were in Alaska if i tio Aniononn continent. '.,r. tx Ct) 1" hi i HELD BY REBELS CHARLES T. COOK. IN JAIL AT JUAREZ. His rather Ess Beaa Notified And Eaa Asked Protect ioa of United States Governments-Reports From EI Paso State That the Young Tex an's Ufa is In Dancer. Wichita, Tex, Feb. 2eW'. T. Cook, twenty years of age, pf this cily, is in Juarex jail, held ineomnmndicado, by rebels, acording to advices reach ing his father. . The elder Cook has wired Washington authorities in an effort to-secure his son's release. It is reported in El PasO 4 hat Cook's life is in danger..,' - - Moora Advises Colquitt. v Washington, Feb. 28. State De psrtment preparing answer to Gov ernor Colquitt's latest telegram. It is understood h will be notilied that this government is doing everything possible to protect ' Americans and any .toward, act at this, time by the Texas authorities would be extreme ly "regrettable. Secretary Rryan went to Richmond to S-drjess i!u Virginia Legislature, and John Bs-wtt Moor's is handling the situation in Ms ab sence. . . )y . -" 0. CAMPBELL MORGAN .. - ' .vJS NOW XN ATLANTA. Will Speak at Atlanta Bible Confer enceConference Is Interdenomi national, f ; Atlanta, Feb, 23. G. Cnmpbell Morgan, the famous LOndun pulpit - orator, accomoanied bw his son and vtRitnra Iipta frnm fill OAMinna nf the State and South. ' &J:Zi -t ernacle auditoriuinfil Ifwill continue for eight days, With somfcof the most famous relieious " speakers . :of the world in attendance. :. i This is the conference that . for years was known ( throughout. : the South ss "Brousrhton's Conference" beccuse it was founded and operated tor fourteen years by ur. n - u. tsrouguton. ur. . Bromiuton, wna is now pastor of Christ Church, London, England, was unable to come to At- isnia wis season, oui uas sein ins sTeetinsrs and well wishes ? and the Greetings and well wishes i and prediction that this season's gather ing would be the geratest in the con ference 's history. ;'ft .-v: There will be five sessions -of the conference daily, and admissipn to all of of them is free to the ' erenernl for a conferense of. church workers of. the Lutherans of Cabarrus county, ,muca wiu u -iu yv iujr cnurcn, Mt. neasaiu, marcn oin ana urn I ma ia a -.'toiiow im-- flnnrnr .ehce of the convention that was held in Concord last fall as a part of the United Missionary Campaign,, looking lo me Bimiuianeous everjr ; .luemocr .canvass throughout the. ; United States and Canada in March, Among the speakers that have been secured, for the Mount Pleasant Con ference, are Rev. Dr. E.C. Cronk, general .secretary of theT Laymen's Movement of the Lutheran Lhurco; Rev.! Dr. R.v G" Holland, general sec retary of the Foreisin Mission Board, and Rev. R. . L. Patterson, r of the LHome MiBsioa" Board. 7 1- - -' The ' opening service "will be held Sunday evening, March " '8, at 7:30 o 'clock, followed with sessions Mon day morning and afternoon for prac tical discussions or Missionary aauca- tion and Church Finance, closing Monday evening rwith inspirational addresses. ' '-"" ; The inritation is extended to church councils, members "of missioh- ary societies and all others who; will, to attend." '--' '-. ' !---"v.:(- Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rica.1; Sir Cecil Arthur Sprin-Rice, the British Jtmbadsador at Washington, was -born February 27, 1850, and was - educated . at Eton and BallioL Oxford. He became a clerk first in the Britisn war office and thou in the foreign office, and tot a time was as sistant secretary' to Earl Granville and also an assistant to Earl Rose bery. After, -serving as on attache of tbeBritish legations',' in Brussels and Tokio, he was tinnsfered to Washington in" 1893. lie was al veadv aconanted with i "Washington, having served there sonio years be fore as acting third seen y of the legation. ' He was char' 1 affaires at. Teheran in 1900 and i 'ulster 'to IV a in l:; .3-09.' Wb i f pointed PRELIMINARY MEETINGS. To Be Held ia Various Parts of the City During Week Preceedinf Oo- to-Church Sunday. Prayer-meetings will be bcld in the city every niebt (except Satur day night) during tbe week preceding Marc a b, wbicb baa been set apart here as Go-to-Chureb Sunday. Tbe following appointments have been msde for next week: Monday, March 1 First Presbyterian Church R'-.a. 3. W. Whitley, R. E. Brown. Kerr Street Methodist Rers. . I. MscLaughlin, W. C. Wauehope. Tuesday, March 1 MeKinnon Presbyterian Revs. Harold Turner, Edward Suits. first Baptist Revs. M. T. 8 ma til ers, O. A. B. Holderby. Cannonville Presbyterian Revs. A. L. Coburn, C. P. MsrLanghlin. Wednesday, March 4. St. James Lutbersn Church Revs. J A. McQueen, W. C. Wauehope. Westford Methodist Revs. R. E. Brown, J. W. Snyder. Forest Hill Methodist Revs. J, it. Hooten, W- B. Werner. Thursday, March 5. Trinity Reformed Revs.' J. K. Hooten, A. E. Wauehope. McOUl Street Baptist Revs. J. McQueen, A. L. Coburn.- Friday, March 6. Central Methodist Revs. C. P W. MacLaughlin, W. B. Werner. Epworth Methodist Revs. J. Whitley, W. T. Albright. Methodist Protestant Revs. R. E. Brown and A. D. Wauehope. Please note that all services com mence at 7 :30 p. m. Public cordially invited. OFFERED CHAIRMANSHIP. The National Editorial Association Wants J. B. Sherrill on Commit tee. SH!iiel to Charlotte Observer. Concord, Feb. 27. John Clyde Os wald of New York, president of the National Editorial Association, has written a letter to J. B. Sherrill, edi tor of The Concord Daily Tribune. asking luni to become chairman ov the legislative commit tee of the Na tional association. The committee will be announced at a meeting -of the association which w.ll be held in Dallas, Tex. in -April Mr.- Sherrill plans to attend the meeting." Mr. Sherrill has been A'uretary and treasurer of the North Carolina Press Association for 26 years. His activity in bebalf of the passage of the bill now pending in Congress al lowing newspapers and railroads to make contracts for advertising pay able in interstate transportation has attracted attention, hence the proffer of the committee chairmanship to him by the president of the National association Atlanta Bible Conference. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 28. The six teenth annual Atlanta Bible Confer ence, which ranks among the most notable religious gatherings of the year, will be opened tomorrow and continued through the week. The conference was established by Rev: Len G. Brougliton, at that time pas tor of the Baptist Tabernacle in this city and now pastor of Christ Church in London. Each succeeding year the conference has increased in interest and importance. , For the sessions this year the ser vices of many clergymen, evangelists an'd other religious workers of inter national prominence have been enlist ed. Among the' scheduled speakers are Dr. G?. Campbell Morgan, of Lon don. Dr. Russell H. Conwcll, ot mil adelnhia. Kev. Mel xrotter, or urana Rapids, De. C. M. Coburn, of Alle chnev College. Rev. William J. Wil liamson, of St. Louis, Rev. T. Nelson Palmer, of Winona, Indj and Ng Pyng Choo, of China. World Tourists Returning. London, Feb. 28. The Giants and White Sox', round the world baseball players, sailed from Liverpool for New V ork today aboard the Lusi tania, ' -Thnt a woman is not afraid of a burglar is proven by the fact that her mind is awake only to the fear that he may sea what Bhe isn't wearing scattered all around tue room. Money in the bank means independ- Why , not saving . to- ence. start day? I 4 per cent paid on Certlilctttzs or Depo&ll. :Ttic: WITH THE CHURCHES. j Central Methodist ! Preaching at 11 a.m. by Rev. W. R.1 Ware and at 7 JO p. m. by Bev.j Harold Turner. Sunday School at 3; r i First Presbyterian. Rmwlmm -.If - . i m .... Sunday school at 3 p. m. - a w m. inn i -.ill n m St Jamea Lutheran, Tim Sunday in Lent Morninir service. 11 ..V1L- m,- MacLaughlin will sing "O Lord, B Merciful," by Bartlett Sunday school, 3 p. m.. Every members of the ebool is urged to be present. Ves pers, with sermon, at 7:30 p. m. Ser vices conducted by the pastor. Forest Hill Methodist. U. I 1 . A AA u,7 wnooi at v:ju; preacliin- at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the pas-i tor. , Cannonville Presbyterian. i Sunday school and Ban,,, ,-ia 9:45. Preaching services at 11 a. ni.t. ana l p. m. Subieet at niomimr vice, "The Law of the Titho " . , , -- evening service, ' The Rich I rooi. Calvary Lutheran Church, Forest HailoZITT ""S-n e onsiderf?- 'Sunday school 10 a. m, divine sor- j nee 11 a. m. Methodist Protestant. Sunday school tomorrow mornim 10:30 a.m. Preachinir at 7 -10 ". Subject, "Jesus as a Man of P raver. McGiU Street Baptist Church. Preaching Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and Sunday evening at 7 p. ni. uy uie pasior, Kev. j. w. Whitley. There will be a free will offering Sunday morning for foreign missions. Sunday Bchool 9:30 a. m., C. E. Her rin, sperintendent. Trinity Reformed Church. eunaay scbool tomorrow at 10 m. Church service at 11 . m n". i senice at 7 p. m. l n 7. . Services conducted by the pastor. A Christian Atmosphere. , It is reported that in Japan there is a growing religious atmosphere. Rev. M,DDnnin2,-,oi Jtyoto,n'otee tlte formation of three societies whi.1i have avowed the purpose of promoting the religions life of the Japanese. One is called the "Croat Japan Religious Society," which is intended to pro- uuce ana publish articles intended to procure and pblish articles on reli-ihas ?ion, that the religions thought of the w.uu. ai a recent monthly nieetin of the "Concordia Association, ,f Dr. Gulick, of the American Board Mis sion, gave an address on "What Is ligionf" u . . . . .. oeierai aecacles auo t iers n-orn v xl j . .... - . 7'B."," iony million bootjacks in uaj. uiKie is not one. Hie universal weann? of hma mioJ gated the bootjack to the woodpile. A tew million were hurled at the mid - - night cot. ;;x:fi::(:K;;i.::;j::r:K;t:))()rrj IlL L PARKS SMI o ii o Barrel Finest Norway Mackerel.: Just in. Norway Mackerel , arc. the best. Try them. j v. Barrel Finest Loose Pickles . Just opened. ' - n :! n i! i w 'r a ' -a-r- d mm " ' ' M tac h I ADa M-qYs m m I I r 4-1 o 4 -i I r4 a i,;fk Big' Lot T.; J. Shinn's . Home-Packed . "Tdmatoes and Beans' '-' ; They beatlthe' Northern Goods as all f ' : '. ' " arp aware Other Specials, always on hand in our Grocery Department ; nn ... u WILL PAY DAI IAGES FOR BENTO?rS?DEATH CAEEANZA WILL WTLLIJfGlY COMPENSATE HIS WIDOW. However. Unless Benton Wm Legally Executed No Monetary Recompense Can Be Considered. Great Britain Holds Villa Responsible for Ben ton "s Death, and Burden of Proof is on Him to Show That His urging Was Justifiable,-Colquitt's Atti tude a Decided Menac. Washington. Fph 2S Tli !"ti".nalist lfaier in northern Mexico 'is wiUin; to nay money dam ami for Benton ' death. Word reached here nnotru-iull.y that Carranza and bis lrmi'c..",lvlMlrs w,u Uugly eompen- sate the widow, should England indi cate that such action would aid in closing the incident. But it is stated from a Li-h British source that nn- j less it is found that Benton was legal jly executed, as Villa claims, a mone- for Ben ton 's death and thT here holds that the burden of proof is on him now to show that the kill- was justifiable. Attitude assumed by Governor Col- quitt, of Texas, is a decided menace v to the Mexican situation. While de nying himself to ordinary callers to day President Wilson remained in touch with the State Department. He ' is determined that his hand won't be forced and that the policy of watch- , ful waiting will continue. ' .'".'. ' Chihuahua City, Feb. 28. VilU;, said he was anxious to go to Eseslon to take personal command of bis troops but wanted tbe Benton' case ' and its international phases cleared lip before leaving Chihuahua.' Dis- """.I""". "x' W i arotii ers and Pereival are still there nnd are manifesting no important in tention of coming here. Pereival con tinued in conference with El Paso men reornrdiiifr Mexican conditions. Villa declare dthat the reports of a breach between himself and Carranza." are -ftt)ae '"'.. ny'-".-!'- ;.l.ii.a-'trijfrtijw'-u-. j. . . . jr ..- -r ,i ; A woman siiye -that a. middle-age man in a bathing siiit itf not a thing of beauty. Of course . not he doesn't pretend' to 'be; He wouldn't wenr the smt if it wasn t because he to in order to get his skin' wet. ! Ho prefers the old swimmin' hole and nature's pari), but the fashionable women would all follow him there, and in sheer self-defense he" has to don the hideous bathing suit. By the way, is a middle-aged woman in a bathing suit a thine of beauty t A minister testified not long sinee that he passed sixteen saloons within n i.i Had he been a sailor or a free lnnnh fiend he would have passed none of them. '' I o ,: i "' i i i i i s 0 1 E . i S ' 3 i i :' i t i IE o.: i i v, r i r n 8o to sn I Ambas ' ' r ' r t Wash: i ) fl was